Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Tennessee Williams`s A Streetcar Named Desire is the tale of a catastrophic confrontation between fantasy and reality, embodied in the characters of Blanche DuBois and Stanley Kowalski. This Penguin Modern Classics edition includes an introduction by Arthur Miller. `I have always depended on the kindness of strangers` Fading southern belle Blanche DuBois is adrift in the modern world. When she arrives to stay with her sister Stella in a crowded, boisterous corner of New Orleans, her delusions of grandeur bring her into conflict with Stella`s crude, brutish husband Stanley Kowalski. Eventually their violent collision course causes Blanche`s fragile sense of identity to crumble, threatening to destroy her sanity and her one chance of happiness. Tennessee Williams`s steamy and shocking landmark drama, recreated as the immortal film starring Marlon Brando, is one of the most influential plays of the twentieth century.